Hawaii 2025 Regular Session All Bills (Page 224)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB16
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/16/25
Exempts persons engaging in aquaculture research from the aquarium fish permit requirement. Defines aquaculture research.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB47
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/16/25
Report Pass
2/12/25
Refer
2/12/25
Designates the day of the second new moon after the winter solstice of each year as the Lunar New Year. Establishes the Lunar New Year as a state holiday. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB86
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/16/25
Establishes a two-year pilot program that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires the Department of Education to provide free school lunch to all students enrolled at a department school. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Repeals on 6/30/2027.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB70
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/16/25
Report Pass
2/3/25
Refer
2/3/25
Requires eligible applicants of the Rental Housing Revolving Fund to be either governmental agencies or organizations that are required to use all financial surplus, excluding fees, to develop additional housing in the State. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB29
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/16/25
Repeals the definition of "vehicle license recovery fees". Limits to vehicle license and registration fees and weight taxes the fees and taxes that a motor vehicle lessor may pass on to a lessee. Amends the prorated amount of vehicle license and registration fees and weight taxes that a motor vehicle lessor may pass on to a lessee. Repeals the requirement that rental car companies submit annual audits to the Office of Consumer Protection of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB89
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/16/25
Refer
1/23/25
Repeals existing law that preempted local ordinances or regulations that regulate the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices and nullified and voided any conflicting local laws and regulations. Allows counties to adopt ordinances that regulate the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices that do not conflict with and are more stringent than the state law that govern smoking.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB90
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/16/25
Establishes a Compensatory Time Cash-Out Pilot Program for eligible employees of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation who work in any state correctional facility. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB61
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/16/25
Establishes enhanced penalties for multiple violations of the same liquor law by licensees in a county with a population of 500,000 or more, under certain circumstances.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB27
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/16/25
Refer
1/23/25
Report Pass
2/5/25
Refer
2/5/25
Exempts housing developments that have obtained financing commitments from the State from the requirement to obtain approval from the applicable county council. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB45
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/16/25
Provides for the making of restitution by a defendant who has been convicted of violating section 707-702.5(1)(a), HRS, where the violation caused the death of a parent or legal guardian of a child.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB111
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/16/25
Requires the State to consider hurricane resistant criteria when designing and constructing new state buildings, constructed on or after 7/1/2025, for the capability of providing shelter refuge.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB105
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/16/25
Repeals staff of the legislative branch of the State from the list of individuals not included in any appropriate bargaining unit. Specifies that the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each have one vote if they have employees in a particular bargaining unit for the purposes of negotiating a collective bargaining agreement.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB106
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/16/25
Report Pass
2/10/25
Refer
2/10/25
Report Pass
2/28/25
Engrossed
3/4/25
Refer
3/6/25
Report Pass
3/20/25
Refer
3/20/25
Report Pass
4/4/25
Establishes a three-year Pedestrian Safety Pilot Program in a county with population of two hundred fifty thousand or less, under certain conditions. Authorizes the Governor to revoke and abolish the Pilot Program and overturn a county's request to opt-out of the Pilot Program. Authorizes a county with a population of over two hundred fifty thousand to participate in the Pilot Program, subject to certain conditions. Requires reports to the Legislature. Requires a driver of a vehicle to yield to a pedestrian when the pedestrian clearly indicates their intention to cross a roadway within a crosswalk. Sunsets 6/30/2028. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB39
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/16/25
Makes an application for voter registration part of the enrollment applications or course registration process for Department of Education high schools. Requires eligible student applicants to be given the choice to be registered to vote. Requires updating of names and addresses of eligible student applicants who are already registered to vote unless the applicant declines. Requires the sharing of certain information among the counties, Department of Education, election personnel, and online voter registration system.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB3
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/16/25
Report Pass
2/12/25
Refer
2/12/25
Establishes a public trust purpose for the Commission on Water Resource Management. Allows the Commission on Water Resource Management to retain independent counsel. Repeals the First Deputy to the Chairperson of the Commission on Water Resource Management. Establishes the Executive Director of the Commission on Water Resource Management. Administratively attaches the Commission on Water Resource Management to the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Authorizes members of the Commission on Water Resource Management to be eligible to serve as chairperson. Requires the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources and Director of Health to serve as ex officio voting members ineligible to serve as chairperson. Authorizes entities to whom an emergency order is directed to challenge the order under certain conditions. Clarifies the notification requirements and contents of declarations of water shortages. Establishes fines. Makes conforming amendments. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)